About block 972,291
Bitcoin block 972,291 was mined by F2Pool on October 20, 2026 at 8:16 AM UTC, 17 min 21 s after block 972,290. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,649 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0144 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1394 BTC for this block.
Block 972,291 is number 580 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,436 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,709 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.